Daryl Gates

Meaning

Gates said he was appalled by what he saw on the Rodney King videotape but defended the department, contending that the officers’ conduct had been an “aberration.”

The Christopher Commission Report released in the wake of the Rodney King beating identified a police culture of excessive force and poor supervision, and recommended numerous reforms, including Gates’s removal.

Another report, this time from the Webster Commission, was released after the Lost Angeles riots, and was again scathingly critical of Gates' management of the situation.

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